I woke up to our dogs going crazy and someone with a flashlight on our front porch at 12:30 this morning. Scared me to death! Someone had called the CHP (California Highway Patrol) and reported an accident.
I went out with the officers and they pointed at the fence with the flashlight and asked if I knew anything about it. About what? I couldn't tell what they were talking about.The big wooden posts were there. Then I realized the wire across the entire front of our property was gone. Still confused after the sudden wake up call I said, "They stole the hog wire?" Um, no.
The nice officers began leading me through the yard explaining what appeared to have happened. Here's the tire marks where someone came over the ditch. This pole had to have gone under the car but is still sort of upright.
Two 14 ft. Redwood trees were snapped off.
The car exited by taking out the fence on the side street.
The wire standing here is actually what was stretched across the front of the yard. The side street fence is flat on the ground.
Only the first pole on the right was hit by the car, the rest were damaged as the tightly stretched fencing snapped across the yard. Our neighbor came over this morning and said he had called. He heard the noise at midnight and ran outside just in time to see a Lexus spin out and take off. We found a bit of broken lights but that's it. There has to be some damage to that car though! I can't believe we slept through it. Even the dogs didn't bark until the CHP showed up at the door. The officer said he was afraid the dogs were going to come through the window and get him. If an officer with a gun would think twice about facing our dogs, at least I can take comfort in knowing any bad guys would too!
My plan for today was to post on what's been going on the last week here then visit blogs but Hubby stayed to home to take care of all this so I've get to get out there. I'll be around soon!
